Teacher Resources
Hobkirk's Hill
Inquiry Question
What is the difference between winning a battle and winning a campaign?
Primary Sources
What Teachers and Students Use
General Nathanael Greene to the President of Congress: Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, April 27, 1781
PRIMARY · National Archives and Records Administration
5 analysis prompts
Lord Rawdon to Sir Henry Clinton: Dispatch on Hobkirk's Hill, April 1781
PRIMARY · Public Record Office (National Archives, United Kingdom)
5 analysis prompts
The Papers of General Nathanael Greene, Vol. VIII: Hobkirk's Hill and Camden
PRIMARY · University of North Carolina Press (Dennis M. Conrad, ed.)
5 analysis prompts
Pension Applications: Hobkirk's Hill Veterans, 1820s
PRIMARY · National Archives and Records Administration
5 analysis prompts
Historic Camden: Hobkirk's Hill Interpretive Resources
INSTITUTIONAL · Historic Camden Foundation
5 analysis prompts
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Lesson Plan
In the Classroom
Learning Objectives
- 1Students will distinguish between tactical and strategic outcomes in military history
- 2Students will analyze Greene's strategic logic for the southern campaign using his own words
- 3Students will evaluate Rawdon's decision to abandon Camden as a strategic rather than tactical choice
- 4Students will apply the tactical/strategic distinction to other historical examples
Explore Further
Hobkirk's Hill in the Knowledge Graph
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Comparative Study
Connected Towns
The corroborate prompts in the student packet point to these towns. Teachers can assign cross-town comparisons.
Ninety Six
SHARED PERSON
After abandoning Camden, Rawdon marched west to relieve the siege of Ninety Six, which Greene had begun after Hobkirk's Hill. The two battles are sequential events in the same phase of the campaign.
Camden
GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY
Adjacent battle sites near Camden.
Cowpens
SHARED PERSON
The southern campaign's arc from Cowpens through Guilford Courthouse to Hobkirk's Hill and Eutaw Springs was driven by the same commanders and the same strategic logic throughout.
Assessment
Hobkirk's Hill in the American Revolution
Answer the following questions based on our study of Revolutionary history. · 5 questions · Answer key in Teacher Guide PDF
What makes Hobkirk's Hill significant in Revolutionary history?
multiple choice
Primary sources are documents or objects created during the time period being studied.
true false
Name one event that occurred in Hobkirk's Hill during the Revolutionary period and explain its significance.
short answer
+ 2 more in the full quiz PDF
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